58 CYPRUS. 
This wall is then covered with a shed, and 
upwards of one hundred hives may thus be 
maintained within a very small compass. Close 
Carob-iree. to this villagc grcw the largest Caroh-tree we 
noticed in all our travels. It is, by some, 
called St. Johns bread-tree; the Ceratonia Siliqua 
of Linneeus. It was covered with fruit, the 
pods being then green, and it had attained the 
size of our largest English oaks. We could 
neither discover nor hear of any antiquities 
near this village ; excepting the ruins of an old 
Greek church, with pictures of saints upon the 
walls; and one large reservoir for water, 
pointed out as an antient work, although 
probably of Venetian origin. It is still in a 
perfect state, lined with square blocks of stone, 
about twenty-five feet deep, and fifteen feet 
wide ; being situate in a field close to the 
village. 
. Two hours before sun-rise, we again set out 
for Nicotia. The road lay through an open 
country ; but high mountains were everywhere 
in view, as on the preceding evening. Some 
of these, as we drew nearer to them, exhibited 
very remarkable forms, standing insulated, and 
with flat tops, like what are usually called 
Table mountains. Upon our right, we observed 
one that rose out of a tine plain, having a most 
